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Appendix:Variations of "em" English thumb|right|250px|A graffiti reading Make 'em pay in Minneapolis, Minnesota Alternative forms en em#Pronoun en hem#Pronoun obsolete Etymology en hem<id:pronoun> From earlier en hem#Pronoun, from en enm hem, from en ang heom them dative of ang hie,pron originally a dative plural form but in Middle English coming to serve as an accusative plural as well. Cognate with nl hun them, de ihnen them. Now often treated as a colloquial apheretic form of en them,pron which however derives from non - rather than Old English. Pronunciation əm, en /əm/ [əm] [m̩] [ɪm] [ɛm] en en-us-'em.ogg US Pronoun en now _ colloquial them (now only in unstressed position). II v 264 1 Some are become great, ſome atcheeues greatneſſe, and ſome haue greatneſſe thruſt vppon em. en 1685 1658 Pierre Duval Pierre Duval (geographer) Aia Ferrand Spence Geographia Univeralis: The Preent State Of the Whole World: Giving An Account of the everal Religions, Customs, and Riches of each People, The Strength and Government of each Polity and State, The Curious and mot Remarkable Things in every Region, With Other Particulars neceary to the understanding History and the Interets of Princes. Le Monde, ou Géographie universelle, contenant la description et les cartes et les blasons des principaux pays du monde https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_geographia-universalis-_du-val-pierre_1685_0/ Le Monde, ou Géographie universelle, contenant la description et les cartes et les blasons des principaux pays du monde, page 249 fr H. Clark for F. Peare 1351268905 158 https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_geographia-universalis-_du-val-pierre_1685_0/page/(158)/ fr:Toute la Chine et diviée en eize Provinces qui valent mieux chacune que de grands Royaumes. Il y en a dix vers le Midi çavoir Yunnan , Quani, Canton, Fuquiem, Chequiam, Nankin , Kiami , Huqüam, Sucüem & Quicheu. All China is divided into ixteen Provinces, each of which are worth more than large Kingdoms. Ten of 'em lye towards the South ; Yunnan, Quani, Canton, Fuquiem, Chequiam, Nanxin, Kiami, Huquam, Sucuem, and Quicheu. en 1699 Robert Barret A Companion for Midwives, Child-Bearing Women, and Nurses. London Preface We cannot reasonably ſuppoſe that Adam, who was ſo univerſally Skill'd in the Natures of all Plants, ſhould have been ignorant of their Vulnerary Qualities: Or that he would not employ this his Skill in endeavouring to cure Wounds, or Hurts, when any of his new-planted Stock had the Misfortune te receive 'em. 6 Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester, same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting ’em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season. en w:BioWare Mass Effect (video game) Mass Effect Redwood City Electronic Arts 2008 PC Chora's Den, Citadel (Mass Effect) Citadel 9780784546642 246633669 Harkin: I spent twenty years working cases here on the Citadel. People on this station love to talk. Secrets are like herpes. If you got 'em, you might as well spread 'em around. en 3 December 2010 John Baron The Guardian We've literally had dozens of your photographs submitted this week – keep ’em coming! en Derived terms en beat 'em up en read 'em and weep en count 'em en go get 'em en hold 'em, en Texas hold 'em en howcatchem en pick 'em en shoot 'em up en slickem en stick 'em up en up and at 'em Related terms en 'emselves See also en 'er en 'im en 'um References Anagrams en em -me- /me M&E ME Me Me. me en apheretic forms plural pronouns third person pronouns